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Another advt. said: "Enhance and prolong their stay by treating them to a night's rest on a 'Nelpha' mattress or bedstead."
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Another advt. told in quaint and cryptic English of silk stockings "which will not entangle your dress nor will they cause it to wear out."
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In words first stirring, then discreet, then rational and, finally pious the advt. read: "Women Of The Country, Stop And Listen!"
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A Macy-Collins-Fishback advt. of last week: a naked "brand-new baby, hot off the griddle," yowling lustily for "hand-knit woolies."
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You will say—with Mr Arnold Bennett, the distinguished playwright and novelist—“the tonic effect of ********* on me is simply wonderful.”—From an advt. in Punch.
From The Healthy Life, Vol. V, Nos. 24-28 The Independent Health Magazine by Daniel, Charles William
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